The Michael Tuck Stand was built in 1938 as the flagship facility for the Hawthorn Football Club, which played at Glenferrie Oval from 1905 to 1973.

From 1973 to 2006, the club continued to use this space as an administrative and training base.

The refurbishment will respect and celebrate the Michael Tuck Stand’s heritage significance and its Moderne style façade, which is heritage listed and of state significance. This will include keeping the grandstand seating.

The upgrades will support better use of the Glenferrie Oval for community sport, recreation and leisure. It will also create a sportsground for the community, as well as opportunities for women and girls to participate in sport.

We will upgrade Glenferrie Oval with:

• an improved playing surface on the oval, including a new synthetic cricket wicket
• sportsground lighting
• coaches' boxes
• sand slit drainage system
• fencing
• repairs to the existing irrigation system.

Refurbishing the oval and the sports pavilion will support year-round use of the sportsground for:

• Junior Australian Rules Football, including Auskick (existing)
• Senior Women’s Australian Rules Football Hub
• Junior cricket
• Casual fitness such as walking, running, dog-walking and socialising.

We will create a Women’s Australian Rules Football Hub, which will help the growing sport currently limited by a lack of available grounds. The hub would move away from the traditional home and away model and would host games without being a home ground for clubs.

This will:

• improve opportunities for women's participation in the sport
• allow the fixture to include more matches for women’s teams
• provide training and playing facilities for local women’s teams.

The Michael Tuck Stand will include shared spaces for different community groups. It will feature multipurpose spaces on the ground floor that can be used for:

• meetings
• educational seminars
• leisure and fitness activities
• creative arts
• children’s activities
• youth activities
  
• seniors’ activities
• rehearsal space for community bands.

Level one will feature spaces for heritage and community partnerships, including local historical societies who want to exhibit and preserve items of historic interest.

We will include accessibility and sustainability into our designs for the Glenferrie Oval precinct.